Dear Editor,
First, a huge thanks to the editors and reviewers of our article, “Rise of Phoenix: Mucormycosis in COVID-19 times” by Ravani Swati, Agrawal Garima, and colleagues.[1]
We would like to thank you for the chance to correct and appreciate your patience regarding the corrections asked.[2] Starting with the values for HbA1c, it has been rightly pointed out that at few places the unit has been missed/misquoted, which we would like to clarify is % and not mmol/mol.
The usage of steroids was decided depending upon the patient condition and the physician’s expertise and/or opinion, according to which the patients of our institute have received injection Dexamethasone in the dosages described, whereas the patients treated elsewhere have received either Injection Dexamethasone or Injection Methylprednisolone. The dosages of the same were not exactly known.
Regarding the fact about Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus, we agree with the commenters and would like to change it from roman numbering as and where required.
Regarding the P value, as per our knowledge, the decision about significance depends upon the researcher and thus it can be set by the researcher that such a test reveals a statistical analysis.
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Conflicts of interest
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Acknowledgement
We acknowledge Dr. Hansa H Thakkar, Director, M and J Western Regional Institute of Ophthalmology for her invaluable guidance and support throughout the preparation of this manuscript. We express our gratitude to our allied departments of Otorhinolaryngology, Medicine, Radiology, Pathology, and Microbiology for working with us as a team at every step in the management of our patients of Rhinoorbital mucormycosis. We also thank the staff and patients of M and J Western Regional Institute of Ophthalmology for their cooperation and contribution.
References
- 1.Ravani SA, Agrawal GA, Leuva PA, Modi PH, Amin KD. Rise of the phoenix:Mucormycosis in COVID-19 times. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021;69:1563–8. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_310_21. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- 2.Singh AK, Singh R. Comments on: Rise of the phoenix: Mucormycosis in COVID-19 times. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021;69:2552. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1423_21. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]